My Christmas Village

[quilterbee]

Oh No! Those pics are making my OCD act up,lol! Very pretty but the clutter would drive me mad, Amie )

[LynnS]

Very impressive! My baby boy would destroy it like Godzilla in about 5 minutes.

[WeSignificant]

I have dreamed of one of these for a very long time. I have a very small set up but would love one like this. Don't quite know where I'd put it. The garage maybe?

[zfatcat]

Holly Cow....that's a huge village. Where do you put it all?

[bland50]

I put it down in the basement. I have my grandsons help me with putting it up. Last year I had to add an ATV because my grandson said I needed one to get around in the snow. I have Hot Wheels cars all over it. Most of the larger houses came from Wal Mart. The smaller ones came from the Dollar Store. When it is lit up it is unbelievable. The grandsons enjoy moving everything around. So I tell them that they have to leave it alone for two weeks, then they can play. This year we invited my youngest grandson preschool class to see it. My oldest grandson told me it is no longer a village but a nation instead. As for the clutter, well by Christmas it gets to me. So it comes down the day after Christmas. It takes almost two weeks to put it up and 1 day to take it down. The good thing is in the basement so if I don't want to see the clutter I just don't go down there.

[LynnS]

You must not have a cat either. My one cat would lay down right in the middle of everything. The other one is too fat to jump up. I'd love to have maybe 3 or 4 houses on a mantle or something up high enough to be out of reach.

[cindyg]

My little village goes on top of the piano. That's the only room I have for a village so it had to stay small.

I love Christmas decorations but I'm a weirdo - I don't have the usual green and red or lots of colors. Everything is greenery with silver, gold, bronze, copper and crystal. I love glittery and shiny! It all starts coming down on New Year's Day. It seems like I just took it all down last month. This year flew by.

Cindy

[quiltwithmom]

Oh my goodness, this is huge! I think it is so wonderful you have this and your grandsons help you. It is a great family tradition. Thanks for sharing this with us.